Despite the fact that many aggregates are nonlinear functions and the aggregation weights of many macroeconomic aggregates are time-varying, much of the literature on forecasting aggregates considers the case of linear aggregates with fixed, time-invariant aggregation weights. In this study a...

The volume gives an overview of money demand analysis in Europe in the eve of the introduction of the Euro in some European countries. It contributes to the discussion on a suitable monetary policy for the new European Central Bank. The alternative strategies under discussion are a direct...

1. Prologue -- 1.1 Objective of the Study -- 1.2 Survey of the Study -- 2. Vector Stochastic Processes -- 2.1 Discrete-Time, Stationary Vector Stochastic Processes -- 2.2 Nonstationary Processes -- 2.3 Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Processes -- 2.4 Estimation -- 2.5 Model Specification --...

Despite the fact that many aggregates are nonlinear functions and the aggregation weights of many macroeconomic aggregates are time-varying, much of the literature on forecasting aggregates considers the case of linear aggregates with fixed, time-invariant aggregation weights. In this study a...